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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL BluRay Giveaway

THE
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of legendary concierge
Gustave H. and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most
trusted friend. The story involves the theft of a priceless painting;
a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; and a desperate chase
on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis - all against the backdrop of
a suddenly and dramatically changing continent.

THE GRAND
BUDAPEST HOTEL

On Blu-Ray
and DVD JUNE 17th

Wes
Anderson’s Troupe of Unforgettable Characters

Part of what makes Wes Anderson’s
films so iconic is his recurring troupe of talented actors in
unforgettable roles and cameos. This gallery takes a look at the
actors Anderson can’t stay away from and the roles that defined
their collaboration.

Bill Murray

The iconic actor is a strong supporter
of Wes Anderson’s works and has appeared in most of his movies
starting their amazing relationship with Rushmore. For
Rushmore, where Murray portrayed a wealthy industrialist,
Anderson revealed to have paid the actor the bare minimum allowed by
the Screen Actors Guild ($9,000). Bill Murray has admitted that the
part of Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was
one of the hardest roles he’s ever played and that the main reason
he did it was because Wes Anderson was helming it. I’m sure we can
all agree that that decision contributed to the cementation of their
future collaborations.

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton arrived relatively late
to the Wes Anderson game but has appeared in his last two consecutive
films in very different roles. In Moonrise Kingdom, which has
become the movie that defined her collaboration with Anderson, she
played Social Services while in The Grand Budapest Hotel she
underwent a major transformation to become an elderly woman who
ultimately succumbs to her evil son’s antics.

Adrien Brody

Speaking of Tilda Swinton’s evil son
in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adrien Brody has appeared in
three Anderson films: The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr.
Fox, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. As part of the Whitmans
in Darjeeling, Brody was able to seamlessly implant himself
into a project that was so comfortably arranged (both Schwartzman and
Owen Wilson had worked with Anderson before). This volatile threesome
became inseparable enough that it was hard to imagine the fake
brothers to not be a package deal in the movies that followed.

Owen Wilson

Starting this list off is Owen Wilson
who was been in seven of Anderson’s eight films. From Bottle
Rocket to Fantastic Mr. Fox and the newest The Grand
Budapest Hotel, Anderson’s audiences can assume that Wilson is
one of his closest colleagues. In fact, Anderson first met the actor
at the University of Texas in Austin where they immediately became
friends. Wilson’s defining role is, arguably, that of Eli Cash in
The Royal Tenenbaums. This part brought out Owen Wilson’s
unmistakable wit, which seems to be lost amongst some of his most
uncouth movies.

Anjelica Huston

Huston’s roles in Wes Anderson films
usually feature her as the matriarch of a quirky family. Along with
Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston is one of the seasoned veterans heading
Anderson’s great cast of characters. She played part in three of
his movies starting with The Royal Tenenbaums where she
perfectly captured his vision for the role. We haven’t seen her in
Anderson’s latest films, but she is sure to make an appearance in
his future works.

Jason Schwartzman

The role of Max Fischer in Rushmore
was the one that defined Jason Schwartzman’s collaboration with Wes
Anderson and his acting career in general. When he auditioned for the
part, Schwartzman was 17 and dreamed of being a writer, not an actor.
Almost ten years after Rushmore, he co-wrote the script for
The Darjeeling Limited and has been in every Anderson film
since.

Luke Wilson

Aside from helping Owen Wilson express
his great comedic timing, another certain Wes Anderson movie also
helped launch the successful career of Owen’s brother Luke. Luke
Wilson co-starred in Bottle Rocket and then went on to
participate in a slew of Hollywood films that now make up his long
roster of accomplishments. Wilson collaborated with Anderson in some
of his other movies such as Rushmore and The Royal
Tenenbaums.